A Kind of Weird Afgan Day

Today was, for a lack of a better word, a really weird day.  It is of course St. Patties Day which for the British Isles is a pretty big deal. But juxtaposed with that was the casualties: An ISAF solider with a GSW to the chest that ended up dieing in the OR and to make matters worse, supposedly the Taliban sniper that shot him came in after being hit with a HELLFIRE missile..and we managed to save him. Fortunately I don't think he will be causing any more problems for the ISAF forces. And then we had our St. Pattie's Day Barbecue.  Sometimes this feels like something out of a MASH episode.  It is the people around you, Brits and Americans that seem to get you through the days.